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    The novel Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, was written after war time in an era when communism was starting to appear throughout European societies. Orwell leads his readers in a new direction that many authors do not take, and that is even though bureaucracy has prevailed through the decades there will be a time when communism will be the new way of life. The first chapter outlines how life will be constructed during the new times and later chapters are there to tell people that a society

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    The idea of deception is expressed in both the novel Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, and the film I, Robot, directed by Alex Proyas. Both texts demonstrate how deception takes place. The texts also explore why deception takes place and the outcomes of deception. Paragraph 1- Deception takes place in both texts in different ways. In Animal Farm the main way animals are deceived is through lies from Squealer who always twists the truth because it’s his job. He trained the sheep into bleating

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    In the book Animal Farm, Napoleon, the ruler of the farm broke many commandments, killed animals and made deals with humans, the animal system that was set up was a dictatorship. If the farm was a democracy, it would have a system of checks and balances in place, and the societal and political breakdown could have been prevented. Clover thought that the animals would create a society of freedom and equality when they overthrew the humans on the farm, but instead they created a world of “slaughter

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    Literary Analysis of Animal Farm A quote from Wayne Dyer, a late American author and motivational speaker, says that “[f]reedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.” This promotes the idea that ultimate freedom to control one’s life is the only way to live. One way to achieve this freedom, if not given, is to stage a revolution against authority. In Animal Farm, a novel by George Orwell, parallels are drawn between his characters and the

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    Animal Farm’s Sustainable Development Throughout the novella “Animal Farm” by George Orwell, Orwell mimics the reality of the Russian Revolution in 1917 as an allegory that shows Animals on a Farm. Their goal is to create a sovereign/ independent community apart from the humans by initiating a rebellion. In the novella, this community shows indicators of sustainable development or lack there of. Despite this, the animal farm society has witnessed changes to their development. At first they seem

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    George Orwell’s political and allegorical novel, Animal Farm, published on the 17th of August, 1945 is based upon the events prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and its outcome. Orwell adopts allegory throughout the whole novel in which the animals are personalized/characterized to represent the struggles and conflicts of the Russian Revolution. Orwell displays how power corrupts those who possess it and how with power comes manipulation by words. How words are deceived/misguided by propaganda

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    Animal Farm to those who know it, or don’t, throughout its pages clearly represents the Russian Revolution that was occurring throughout George Orwell’s life. His birth name being Eric Arthur Blair, was born in 1903, in India. Being born from Servant in India he would later move to England with his mother and older sister. He wouldn’t form a strong bond with his father at all throughout his life due to the lack of appearance of his father in his life. Always having a more isolated childhood, he formed

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    important to the story because they put a deeper meaning into a story. This is true for Orwell's book animal farm he makes the animals and the other characters represent people during the Russian revolution. Mr. Jones himself represents Czar Nicholas 2 of the Russian revolution. Overall, Mr. Jones had the most influence on the story out of all the animals on Animal Farm because he influenced the animals to rebel which is the main thing that leads to everything else in the story and he represents one

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    and politicians often do this. Animal Farm by George Orwell is a great example of how easily others can be deluded into believing lies with a little planning. I will give you some examples of how Napoleon, the main character in Animal Farm, uses manipulation to succeed as a leader of the farm. As well as some other examples of how and when people are manipulated. In Animal Farm by George Orwell, Mr. Jones, the owner of Manor Farm is quite bad at running the farm. So Old Major, a wise old pig encourages

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    most complex languages known to man. Words, sentences, and ideas can be built and misconstrued because of the language’s depth. In the novel Animal Farm, the head pigs in charge, Napoleon, twists words in order to gain control and power over the entire farm. The Manor Farm transforms from the totalitarian rule of Mr. Jones, a mean farmer who feeds his animals meager portions, to Napoleon, a pig that will have you liquidated for a bottle of liquor. Language is used as a means of social control because

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